Nimitz High School - Valhalla Yearbook (Irving, TX)

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11 et's Go Vikings! Big Vik seems to say as he rouses spirit by dragging a tiger tail during the Irving pep rally, in his ovvn Viking style. Jail Henkel illulu. anoe Yuzbick is lifted up to hang a sign in a pep rally. Yuzbick participated in sign painting and hanging signs for all the pep rallies. len llernamlez iliulu. .XX 'Cl WC unior class members joined the battle forthe Spirit Stick by wearing trash sacks, competing with the seniors in t-shirts. Competition between the tvvo upperolassesfiredw - - W up the others. 5 Rovvdyjuniorolass spirit captured the A Spirit Stiok three times. len Hernandez ulmln. o mistakes here as Amy Rogers lands in the splits finishing a routines with the Vikas performed in pep rallies during the year. .lull llenliel uliniii. P 7, L f 1.5 v 1' U 1 V 1 T A r1v . I 7 l1l22ElPep Rallies

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.2 5 .,,. Ri Simi i v 0 A fl? 5 t u 'Q- Y- B ,FQ-Hhpwyllmww , V alancing carefully, acrobats display a great deal of talent. Watcning tnese acts vvas only a traction of tne excitement at tne Fair. Tanya li-iilxlla uliulu. a snot by tne falls, Junior l-l orians stop for a breatn of air and a quick picture. Led by sponsor lvliss Helen Bradley, Historians bused to tne State Fair making tne trip safer and less vvorrisome. All of us felt tnat vve could . . V A Q 3 i ' -' his , A K v VAV,,:V- put tne DART bus to some good use and save a lot of gas and driving, Bradley said. Tanya Trilililn uliulu. isplaying tneir array of talents, tne divers pose for their next dive, Tneytnem lumped from tne platform, finisning vvitn a perfect group effort Tanya Tliilile mul . l1l2lUState Fair

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That's the ,spiritl Cr y! High spirits make fall Friday afternoons something to shout about -A -1-1-L f--f xr' nf P I. , vs-,-' -1--r -1--r '41 , , cv I .Irv f' 4 V -1 v V -4,vf.,, A Af 4,177L,477L,.i,,1vALAfv77rL,,v7 D rf .1 1 Q QL ,1 A ,xfn i-v A 4 . 4 ,. 474 'A '1- 4 -1 A 7 4 -1 K A c v ,nfa wav 1-,V -iv,--1 ,4 Av '4 14 vLY L, . r .x 4 iA',.4 44 -A -17 rr rv .iw-I, :AFA A -1 1 .i 7 v ,r AJVI' r 4,- r- Q41 A 7 r F I-. w, P4 A-1 rf.i 5 wfft vb. ,. .1 '- 44 Ar- 4 qi .x Affvcv',.1 fv .,s4V-v, .vL-Y.fr.'.-'d'7 vx Af. 2 V., D .44 x ,,v.i.v-1 t . 4 1 I wo bits! Four bits! Six bits! A dollar! All for the Vikings stand upf: Y' and holler! Pep rallies this year allowed people to let out a lot?g a spirit. Last year the pep rallies were always tense. But this yeari 4 vfl, I got really involved and had lots of fun, said Michelle Anderberg. 7' This year's freshman got right into it and had a lot of spirit. If thought the pep rallies were really fun. We got to yell and scream and have- f a good time, said Kristin I-Ielms. .P A Seniors in their T-shirts and juniors in their trash sacks seemed to arouse-iv quite a bit of energy among the students. The cheerleaders brought out spirit in a lot of the students. 'tl really v 7 L v enjoyed cheering at the pep rallies and seeing everyone get involved, said: f Tamara lvlcPeters. they did a different routine every Friday. I love to get out there and do the routines we learn for everyone, said Julie I-Iardaway. This year the band was bigger because of a lot of incoming freshman. l'I think the band did really good inthe pep rallies this year and I hope they keep improving, said Band Director Mr. Jim McGahee. A v .A ' 4 The Vikas entertained the football players and the rest of the crowd as, 1 'v 4 V'-v 5'-4 -I L- A ' A 5 I liked being in the band. It's not anything Iikejunior high. We got to playf in the pep rallies and show oft what we could do, said Randy Meeks. Everyone was involved in the pep rallies in some way, bringing the school Qfjcloser together, and everyone's spirit made pep ralies interesting, exciting -v QA 7 ,A r- v v J 1 1 4 L ' -1 P and a fun-for-all free-for-all. Elaura llnllliarn f -- -- 1 WAI ' -' v4 ',.'y Af-c P,-1 -1-14y'vL.i 4- 5 I 4 V 'I P 1 P Q 4 L .ISN '24 r- -if-pf fi, '4'i-V-1,,,s AA-lf,-,,v A x v4 I-L-1 V., 'IA ,,,- a L L ,-.xr-4 v A.-I 4 A b A , I. 47 hi- V A 1 r Av, . ....-A . .. ,- 4.. 1 ..v-74-,Lv r u.. .pa r,p 1. v W howing off, Jimmy Westbrook, John Cornwell and Johnny Turner always entertained classmates with loud and rowdy antics in pep rallies. iam irililiie umm. roud seniors, football players gather in the middle of the gym during the Irving pep rally, a tradition before the last game. illiya irlllk mm. I 'W EI23CIPep Rallies